Warp-tying machine.



H. D; ooLMAN.

WARP TYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.5, 1906'.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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APPLIUATIOI FILED 00T.5. 1908, v 1,079,470. Patented Nw.y 25, 1913.

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H. D. GOLMAN.

WABP TYING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED 00125, 1906.

1 ,079,470. Patented N 0V. 25, 1913.

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H. D. CLMAN.

WARP TYING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED ocT.5,19oe.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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H. D. GOLMAN.

WARP TYING MACHINE.

APPLIOATON FILED oo'r.5, 1906.

Patented NOV. 25, 1913.

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APPLICATION FI'LED 00T.5, 1908.

1,079,470` Patented Nov.25,1913.

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H.' D. COLMAN.

WARP TYING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIon I'ILED 0011.5. 190s.

' 1,079,470, Patented Nov.25, 1913.

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H. D. COLMAN.

wAr 'mue MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0UT.5. 1906. 1,079,470, Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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H. D. COLMAN.

WAR? TYING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED 0GT.5, 1906.

1,079,470. Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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UNITED STATESI PATENT oEEIcE.

mm D. 0F ROCKFGBIL ELINDIES, ASSgIGNB, BY 'HESNE ASSIGNIENTS,

m HOWARD MEAN, LUTHER L. MILLER, AND A. S'EYERSON, COPABT.- NERS 'DOING BUSINESS AT BOCKFORD, ILLINOIS, AS BARBER-GOWN COIPANY.

'Wm-WING MACHINE.

speciication or Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 19153.

-Toall whom t may concern Be it known Athat I, HOWARD D. COLMAR, a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Rockford, in the county 'of Winnebago and. State-of Illinois, have invented certain lnew tying `machine shownl anddescribed yin my co-'pend'ing' application Serial No. 208,779, filed May 19, 1904. y i

@ne of the of the' present invention is to. provide a. pull-back apparatus for the main -carl'iage, which pull-back apparatus includes an autg'nnatic throw-out mech- :mism-for vthe feed .pinjonagf The invention also. refers to a cam for oscillating .the selectors.

The invention further refers to a throwout mechanism withdrawing the stumblers from their normal positions.

The invention also refers to a yielding, automatically-adjusting shear for severing the threads.

The invention also refers to an improved locking means for the Warp clamps.

The inventio further refers tol a yielding pivoted rac -end for the carriage feed.

The invention further refers to an adjusting clamp device for the air tube.

The invention further refers to an improvedform of tension-adjusting device for the selectors. l

The invention further refers to an improved means for securing the fork rod to the main slide'.

The invention also refers to an improved means for actuating the mechanism by hand. l n

--IThe invention also refers to an improved means for clamping the threads just prior tothe shearing operation.

The invention also refers to the various other and further improvements .in the deA 4 -of construction of said warp-tying machine and in the simplification of its vlarious parts. U o

. In the present embodiment of this invention the warp-tying mechanism proper is mounted upolra' carriage hereinafter called the main carriage, and said mam carnage tying inI warps andrefers par-A is .mounted upon a bed along which itis adapted to be advanced by suitable feeding means. The bed is supported at a suitable .distanceabove the floor by means of suitable legs, and beams containingnew warps, t0- gether with short lengths of old warps with harnesses and reeds thereon, are presented to said warp-tying machine by the operator,

preferably by means of suitable mechanism,

onev form of which Ais illustrated in my co- .pending applications Nos.. 305,587 and 305,538, filed March 12, 1906. The end 'of the new warp is immovably supported above the bed upon which the main carriage y travels', while the old Warp is hel'd in a 'warp carriage adapted to have a feeding unovement with relation to the main carriage. Both warps are placed with their threads at substantially a right angle with the length of the bed and the direction of travel of the main carriage. When the Lwarps are clamped in position to .be operated upon by the warp-tying mechanism, they lie quite near .together in two parallel horizontal planes, the threads' of the respective warps lying parallel to each other and extending transversely to the line of travel of the main carriage.

The mechanism mounted upon the main .carriage comprises means-for selectingpairs of threads, each pair consisting of ya thread from each Warp; for separating the elected threads from the remaining Warp t reads; for shearing the. ends of` said threads' to provide slack therein; for presenting said .threads to the thread-uniting mechanism; for uniting said threads; vfor trimming the ends of' the knot; and for drawing the united ends from the mechanism as the main carriage advances. The main carriage is fed across the planes of the Warps by means of a sensitively controlled feed, which feed is made inoperative when the threads of the new warp are in a proper position to be taken by the selector for said Warp. The Warp `carriage is fed with relation to the. main carnage by a sensitively-controlled feed mechanism similar to Y grasp a thread from each of the warps, a

try-again mechanism permits a repetition of the operation of the selector mechanism for a predetermined number of times. Should a warp thread 'be selected from each warp before the predetermined number of trials is exhausted, the regular operation of the mechanism will be resumed, but shouldv all the trials be fruitless and no warp thread or a thread from 1only one warp be taken, the try-again mechanism operates a stop device for the machine.

By means of a fan anda suction tube the waste ends trimmed o'the knots are removed', and in order to save blowing these ends into the room, a centrifugal collector is provided within which said thread-ends are gathered and retained.

The two warps are held in the machine by means of two pairs of clamps, one clamp of each pair being movable slightly toward and away from the other clamp to place tension upon the threads. warps in. the clamps the threads are laid over the narrow raised edge of a metallic ribbon placed between the two clamps of each pair, the thread-engaging edge of which ribbon is finely serrated or roughened, and after the threads have been secured in said clamps and placed under tension, said ribbons are moved longitudinally a slight distance in the direction of movement of the main carriage in order to slightly detiect said threads between their clamped ends, bowing each thread away from said main carriage. This bowing enables the threads to o'l'er greater resistance to the pressure of the thread-selectors and the feed-controlling levers. 'hen the selector mechanism engages the two forward threads of the warps, and pushes said threads toward each other, said selected threads are lifted'froni their vfrictional engagement with said roughened ribbons, whereupon they spring into a straight line and in so doing separate themselves from the other threads of their warps.

To secure greater clearness in the description of the present embodiment of this invention I shall designate the left-hand end of the machine as illustrated in Figure l, the head or head end. The right-hand end in said figure will be known as the foot of the vmachine. T he side shown in said gure will be called the front side; the opposite side will be designated as the rear side. The main carriage is fed from the head toward the foot of the machine. The advancing end of said carriage will be called its front or forward end. The suction tube opens toward the front end of the -carriage. 'The .slide that carries; the threadseparating devices i` mounted upon the main carriage and is adapted io bdrcriprocatcd lulglillfiilullly nf the machine. A lr paris supported by the separator slide are operativeiin their movement from the foot to-- ward the head of the machine, I will designate the end of the slide nearest the head of the machine as the front .or forward end, and will refer to the operative movement of said slide and its parts as their forward movement. The selectors have a reciprocatory movement toward and away from a line drawn midway between the p'lanes of the two warps and therefore they will be said to move inwardly and outwardly. The points of the selectors, therefore, will be their inner ends. The warp from the loom I have called the old warp or the loom warp, and the warp carried b v lthe beam has been designated as the, new warp. The old or loom warp is clamped in the warp carriage,-the new warp in theA clamps upon thel bed. When the tying-in process is completed and t'he ends of the new warp have been tied to those of the old warp the new warp upon its beam is placed in the loom.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a warp-tying machine embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the main carriage upon an enlarged scale, the sheaves for carrying the driving belts from the motor being removed for greater clearness. The motor,

ported by said carriage have been omitted from this figure. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the main carriage, taken from the r'ear side of the machine. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the main carriage, that; port-ion of the frame above the section line 4 4 (Fig. 3) and the upper dashpot being removed. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section through the machine, the main carriage and the mechanism supported thereby being omitted. Fig. 6- is a transverse vertical central section taken through the fan and its casing. This view illustrates thel bearings for the motor shaft. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the fan casing, the hinged outer portion of the air tube and the hinged bottom of the waste-thread collector both being shown in theio'pen positions. In this view the forward caring for themotor shaft is removed. Fi 8 is a. top plan view of the fan casing and the waste-thread collector. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the throw-out mechanism in the osition it occu ies during t-he operation of, tie machine. ig. 10 is a similar view showing nism thrown out ready for the withdrawal of the main 'carriage' Fig. 11- is a detail view illustrating the counter mechanism, also showing the cam for moving the main slide rehrwardly at each stumble movement of the selector mechanism. Fig. 12 is a tcp plan view of the knotter and the thread shear. the shear members bein shown separated. Fig. 13 is a. view simi ar to Vthat; of the preceding figure, showing the shear the throw-out mecha-v exhaust fan, and waste-thread collector supmembers brought together. Figs. 14 and 15 are views taken from opposite sides of a device for clamping the threads just prior to the shearing operation and for pushing the severed ends into the air tube. Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the lstuinblers in the posi-l tio-n theyv occupy when the machineis to be operated for adjustment and inspection without warps. Fig. 17 is a similar view showing the stumblers in their normal position, in which, if theyor either of them be not moved out of the way by a thread, they engage the main slide and actuate the tryagain mechanism. Fi s. 18 and 19 illustrate the lower and upper ash-pots, respectively. Fi 20 shows a clamp for securin the stripper-fork rod to the main slide. Fig. 21 illustrates an adjustable means for securing in place the forward end of the suct-ion airtube. Figs. 22, 23, and 24 illustrate one of the selectors and the cam for oscillating it to withdraw the selected thread from the body of warp threads, the path followed by the point of the selector being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 25 illustrates the means for adjusting the spring tension of the selector. Fig. 26 is a detail View showing an improved means for operating the warp clamps. Fig. 27 is a detail illustrating a mea-ns Lfor adjusting the degree of pressure exerted by the warp clamps. Fig. 28 is a view showing the means for mechanically withdrawing the insertion bar at the rear side of the warp carriage; This view also shows means for adjustably locking the levers that operate the warp-deilecting ribbons. Fig. 29 is a detail view of said locking means. Fig. 30 is a side view of the. thread clamp for holding the threads at the side of the air tube after they have been severed by the shears. In this view the clamp is in its closed position. Fig. 31 is a similar view showing the thread clamp in its open position. ig. 32 is al top plan view of said thread clamp. Fig. 33 illustrates the pivoted end of the feed rack for the main-carriage.

The embodiment herein shown of my invention comprises a bed 1 carried upon supporting ,legs 2. Upon said bed are rigidly mounted rails 3, 4, 3 and 6 for receiving the supporting rollers 7, 8, 9 and 1 0 of the warp carriage 1ly (Figs. 1, 5, 26 and 28). A rack bar 12 is mounted upon the bed 1 and a rack bar 13 is secured within the warp carriage 11. The end of the rack bar 12 near the head end .of the machine comprises a pivoted portioh 144 (Fig. 33) normally held in alinement with the remainder of the rack by means of a, coiled spring 15. AlVhe'n the o erator pushes the main carriage forward t bring the feeding inion ofA said carriage into engagement with said rack, the pivoted portion 14 .will yield, if necessary, to permit said pinionto mesh with said nel.

.shown in Fig. 26 wi As in oo-pendmg` l a lication Noi 208,779, thndymw warp is ampe within the fixed clamp 16 and the pivoted clamp 17 upon the bed 1 'hy'operatin tlevers is. (Figs 1, 5, 2e mi es.) te edia shid clamps the threads .extend over-.a serrated -metallie, ribbon 19. The clamp 17 is rocked by means yof the lever 26 to place tension u is mov llongitudinally by means of the. lever. 21 to defiect .the threads from n straight line. The warp carriage 11 is i1)- vide with similar warp clamps 22 an 23 and a.l serrated ribbon 24the wa bei g secured in said clamps by operating t e levers 25, stretched taut by means of the lever 26 and deflected lfrom a straight line by operating the lever 27.-

For clamp-ing the warps I employ in the resent constructions clamp similar to that illustratedin my prior application, save that the connections of the' operating lever are somewhat improved. SaidA improved construction is shown in Figs. 26, 27 and 28 of the drawings. The rear side of one end of the longitudina-lly-movable clamping member 28 of each of the wa clamps 16,

n the thmaand as ribbon 1o 17, 22 and 23 is serrated. A b ck`29 havv which sockets are adapted to receive cylindrical heads formed upon the ends of a link .35. The outer (exposed) ends of the sockets 33 and 34 are closed so Ithat the link 35 is held securely in said sockets save when the lever (18 25) and the block 29 are removed from their supports. It will be seen that moving the leve 18 into the` tion il move the c amping member 28 longitudinally and clamp the warp threads within the clamp 17. The degree of pressure exertedv upon the warp threads by the clam is regulated by`adjuing the position o the block 29 with relation 'to the clamping member 28.

As im the earlier embodiment hereinbefore referred to, the warp threads are inserted into each of the clamps 16, 17, 22, and 23 by means of an insertion bar 36. In the machine shown in the drawings of this application, means is provided for mechanically withdrawing the insertion bar 36 at the rear side of thewarp' carriage 11'. Said means comprises a shaft 37 (Figs. 5 and28) rotatably Amounted in suitable bcar'm 38 and extending lengthwise of the machine at the rear side thereof. Said shaft carries neat its nds two fiiied -arms 39 each having at its outer end an opening '40 adopted to receive the insertion 'bar 36st the rear side 1:0

of the warp carriage 11. A curved leaf spring 41 within said opening frictionally -fxed a hand crank 42. for oscillating it.

)Vhcn it is desired tojremove the insertion bar at the rear side of the 'warp carriage, the shaft 37 is ,rotated t'o swing the arms 39 upwardly into engagement with the insertion bar. The shaft is then turned to swing said arms downwardly, said arms taking with them the insertion bar 36.

F ig. 28 illustrates n eans for limiting the longitudinal movemeniiof the ribbons 19 and 24, and, therefore, for governing e amount of bowed or side delection given to the threads'of the two warps. As in myearlier embodiment, this bowing is imparted by the crank levers 21 and 27, the former for the new warp, and the latter for the old warp. The lever 27 is locked from rearward movement by means of the pivotal stlop arm 43, which stop arm isadapted to be moved into line with said lever and thus form a stop against its rearward movement. The stop arm 43 is mounted upon a block 44 adjustably'secured to the warp carriage 11 by jmeans of a slot and screw connection. The lever 21 for the lower ribbon 19 has an ad justable sector 45 having a locking shoulder -46 with which a pawl 47 is adapted to enge. The sector 45 is loosely mounted upon the pivotall bearing of the lever 21, and may be locked in any position with relation to said lever by means of the clamping screwv 48, which screw coperates with a clamping block 49 to frictionally hold the sector 45 between said lever and said clamping bar. In ractice, the lever 21 is pivotally moved,

- sliding its ribbon 19 until the pawl 47 drops behind the shoulder 46 of the sector 45. The pawl 47 is held in engagement with said shoulder by means of the coiled extension spring 50.

T he warp-tying mechanism proper is supported upon' a main carriage 51 slidably mounted upon the bed l. Said mechanism is driven, themain carriage sensitively fed along the bed 1, and the warp carriage 11 given a feeding movement with relation to the main carriage, by means of a motor 52 upon the main carriage 5l. The electric current to operate the motor is lconducted to the machine by means of wires 53 (Fig. 1) entering beneath the bed 1. One of these wires terminates in a contact strip 54 (Fig. 5) of copper or other suitable material let into an insulating bar 55 of liber secured upon the lower edge of the rack bar l2, and the other wire is connected with a Contact bar 56 of suitable conducting metal fsup'ported upon but insulated fronthe bed 1. Contact springs 57 and 5S (Figs. 3 and'4) mounted upon a bracket 59 of insulating mattei-1a] upon the main carriage 51 are 1n positlon to cont-act the strip 54 and the bar 56, respectively. The wires (not shown) from said springs pass through the tube 60 to the fields of the motor. Two three-way 4switches 61 (Fig. 1) near the ends ofthe bed 1 provide means for turning off the current at any time.

yAs in the embodiment shown in my rior application, a. fan 62 (Fig. 6) is emp oyed for creating an air current for holding the threads during certain stages of' the operation of tying the threads and for removing the waste ends cut oil' by the knetter mechanism, said waste ends being discharged into a centrifu al collector 63. In order to provide a rea y access to all of the air passages, the casing for the fan 62 lis s lit longitudinally in a vertical plane, t e forward portion 64 (Figs. 6, 7 and 8) beinghinged to therear portion 65 at 66, said front portion, therefore, forming, in substance, a closure for the casing. An air flue 67 formed in said closure 64 is also split longitudinally in a vertical plane, the forward side 68 being hinged' at 159 to the closure 64. The hinge 69 is a Lsimple pintle hinge, 'but the hinge 66 is slightly more complex. In the last mentioned hinge, the pintle is made loose, the closure 64 being held tightly against its seat upon the rear portion 65 by a coiled spring 7 0 bearing at its ends against ears 71 extending rearwardly from the casing-sections 64 and 65. By this arrangement the closure 64 will notbe sprung out of shape, should it be forced shut upon intruding matter, as lint, etc., and will close tightly, when its seat is free from dirt, without the necessity of employing packing. The closure 64 is held firmly seated by means of winged nuts 72 turned on bolts 73 pivoted in the rear portion 65 ofthe fan casing, said bolts being adapted to enter notches 74 in the upper and the lower edges of said closure. The flue-closure 68 is held shut by av flat spring 75 secured to, and extending forwardly from, the forward bearing for the motor shaft.

It will be seen that to open the fan casing as has just vbeen described, it .is necessary to remove the forward bearing of the motor shaft. This bearing comprises the bearing bracket 76 secured to the front side of the closure 64 by means of screws 77, said bracket having notches 78 in its opposite sides to receive said screws. (It is upon the outer face of this bracket that the spring 75 for the closure 68 is secured). The motor shaft 79 within the fan casing is screwthreaded, and the fan hub 80 is correspondingly threaded, adapting it to be ,turned upon said shaft. has an inwardly extending hub 82 which likewise is screw-threaded, the body portion of said pulley being bored out slightly larger than said hub, forming a cylindrical cen- The grooved pulley 81` 84,one lying within the other.

m upon one another and upon said' E "the rear -end ofjthe motor shaft'comprises" tral Socket,- 83. The screw-threads of the hub v8,2 correspond with those ofthe motor is adapted to receive two' perforated sleevesi at the forward end of the motor shaft 79,is formed by meansv of a cylindrical stud B5 ,fixedto` and projecting inwardly from th.-

braeket 76..'v The sleeves 84 have a 'somewhat bea'r'igstud' 85, their purpose be` to per-l ;lnit'the rapidly-rotating motor sha to cen. ter"itself, also to insure the perfect lubrica-e tion' of the moving parts. The bearing at two sleeves @similar to the sleeves`84, run-1 ning 'in a hard bushing 87 fixed Within the {Ifnet-or frame.

, hnentioned' bearing is closed by a. plug cap the plugof which is adapted to eter the lbushing 87 a short distancerto holdl the plug cap in place. This plug also answers as a thrust bearing to hold the motor shaft in its proper longitudinal position.

is rigidly supported at the rear side of the fan casing 'and communicates with said casing by means of the air flue 89.. The open upper end of the collector :is provided with a' sure 91 loosely mounted upon a pivoted arml92, which arm is held upward to vseat the closure by means ofja spring 93. The arm 92 has a projecting finger 94 extending AintQ position to be engaged by a trip finger to be hereinafter described.

Upon the standard 95 (Figs. 2, 3 and 4) of the main carriage 51 are pivotally mount,- ed two levers 96 and 97, said levers carrying 99, respectively, adapted to mesh with' the racks 12 and 13. The pinions 98-and 99 are intermittently rotated according to the necessitfv if the work by means offeeding pawls 162i? carried at the outer ends of bellcrank levers 101, one` varm of each of said belllcrank levers lying at one side of the end of a project-ion 1 02 upon each ofthe oscillatory selector levers to be hereinafter described. )Vhen saidA selector levers move inwardly (that is to say, toward each other) the interengaging ends of the bell-crank levers 101'and projections 102 cause thefeeding pawls 100 to move in the direction to engage one of the teeth of a ratchet wheel 103 fixed with relation to each of the feed pinions 98 and 99. A spring 101 tends to restore the bellcrank lever 101'to its initial position. Such restoring movement is partially prevented wheneverwarp threads are in position to be operated upon, by rea.

The bear- Thev outer end of the lasty The centrifugal waste-thread collector 63 Wire screen 90 and the lower end with a clo` at their forward ends feed pinions 98 and feed levers 106 is adapted to lie against the Vforemost thread of its Warp. shaftr 9. The cylindrical central socket 83 To prevent trembling or excessive vibration of the feed-controlling'levers 106 tending to interfere with the proper action of they feed, I provide a dashpot device arranged as follows: On the base of the main the lower feed lever is closed by means of va removable cap A1141. Gil is introduced into the cup for the upper feed lever through a filling opening 115 in the arm 109. As will be seen, the oscillation of the feed levers 106 will move the plungers 111 in the cups 110 f and the viscosity of the oil in said cups will tend to retard the action of said feed levers.

The Warp threads are freed from engage-v mentwith the serrated ribbons 19 and 24 `and carried into position to be operated upon by succeeding mechanisms by means of selectors-116 (Figs. 2, 3, 22, 23, 24 and 25) ivotally supported in yokes 117 fixed to the orward ends of the selector levers 118. yBy said selector levers the selectors 116 are given a reciprocatory movement toward an( away from each other across the planes of their warps. Each selector 'is set into a socket arm 119 fixed upon an oscillatory shaft 120 rotatably mounted in the yoke 117. By means of acam block 121 fixed in the carriage frame and adapted to be engaged by an arm 122 extending from the socket arm 119, the point of the selector 116 is given any desired path of movement. In the present instance I endeavor to impart to the selector a nearlyvertical movement to free the selected thread from its ribbon, then a rearward movement, and finally a substantially vertical movement. j

A coiled spring 123 encircling the selector shaft 120 tends to move the selector toward the body of warp threads, one end of said spring entering an opening in the socket arm 119 and the other end of said spring being placed in anopening in a pin 124 set into the face of anA adjusting disk 125 loosely ymounted on the stud on which said` selector shaft turns. The adjusting disk 125 is turned to place more or less tension .upon the spring 1 23Yas may be necessary in the operation of the machine, and is clamped in* adjusted position against the adjacent yoke arm by means of a clamping blade 126, through an opening in which blade a clamping screw 127 extends, said screw enteringa threaded opening in said yoke'arm.

As in the machine shown in my applicaing 'may

blades. A pin 135 tion hereinbefore referred to, the selected threads are separated from the body of warp threads by means of separator blades 128 fixed to a reciprocatory slide 129. (Figs. 3, 4, 12- and 13.) In Figs. 12 and 13 the upper. separator blade is omitted. To ward movement of the separator blades 128 whenno thread or a thread from only one warp has been taken by the selectors 116, I provide foreach of said separator blades a pivoted Stumbler 130 (Figs. 16 and 17) hava hook 131 thereon adapted to engage the forward edge of said blade. Springs 132 between' said stumblers normally hold them in position to engage the separator blades, from which position they are withdrawn when the selectors 116 carry threads into engagement with the forward portions of said stumblers and move them inwardly. The forward end of each stumbler 130 is forked (Figs. 12 and 13) and the selector reciprocates through the space between the fork arms. When the machine is to be operated empty (that is to say, without warps) it is necessary to withdraw the stumblers 130 from the path of the separator blades 128. This I accomplish by means of' a slide 133, which, by means of a hand lever 134 (Fig. 4) be moved to abut against the beveled rear ends of said stumblers (Fig. 16), and thus movethe hoo-ked forward ends of said stumblers inward out of the path of said ver 134 is adapted to enter either one of two openings 136 in the locking stud 137v to lock said lever against movement.

The selected and separated threads are severed to provide loose ends for the tying operation by means of a -shear blade 138 (Figs. 12 and 13) fixed to the separator slide 129 and coasting with a shear blade 139 car riedby a stationary portion of the main car riage frame. To obviate the extreme accuracy of adjustment necessary in the use of a fixed shear, I have made the shear member 139 yielding, and have provided the shear member 138 with a guide portion 140 adapted to engage the. yielding shear member 139 and move it into position to bring the two shearing edges into operative relation with each other. The yielding shear member 139 is carried uponv main carriage frame. A coiled spring 142 extending between a pin 143. on Ehe bracket 141 and a'pin'144 on the carriage frame holds the shear in the path of the reciprocating shear member 138. i

A moment before the threads are severed by the shear blades 138 and 139 said threads are clamped against the end of the suction air-tube 145 by meansl to be next described. Fixed with relation to the separator slide 129 is' a bracket 146 having a guide-way 147 '(Fig. 15) therein upon which is mounted a' vface 152 against whichthe free (Fig. 4) on the hand le main carriage frame.

a bracket 141 pivoted in theblade 139 normally forward.

The pivotal arm 156 block 148 carrying at its forward end a clamping jaw 149 which is pivoted in order that it may clamp against the end of the air tube 145, with equal pressure, a new warp y thread and an old warp threadvof different sizes. The block 148 is"frictional1y held against movement vin its guide-way 147 by means of a'coiled spring 150 extending between said block and an arm 151 (Fig. 14) pivoted at one end to said kblock and at its other end bearing upon one face o f the bracket '146. The forward portion. of 'the bracket 146 is formed with a surend'of the during the early part of the forward movement of the block 148. When the jaw149 carries the threads against the abutment 145, the block 148 is stopped.r The continuing movement of theseparator blades and the wedging surface 152 forcesthearm 151 outwardly, and thereby increases the tension on the spring 150. the block 148 to movement in its 'guideway v1s thus increased, thereby placing an increased clamping 1pressure upon the'threads at the moment o cutting them. of 1the bracket 146 is in the form of a fork 153. As the separator slide 129 moves forward, the selected and separated threads are clamped between the forward end of the suction air-tubeg'145 and the pivoted clamping jaw 149. Al moment later-said threads are severed by the, shear, and the bracket 146 continuing in its forward movement the forked end 153 of said bracket lcarries the severed ends into the open end of the air tube, said ends slipping past 'thejgclamping jaw 149 as needed to permit of'fsuch'm'ovement. Upon the rearward movement of the separator slide-1129 the ,block 148 is restored to its position near the forward end of the bracket'146 by 'means of a restoring pin 154 (Fig. 4) set in .a stationary part of the arm 151 presses While some of the tension upon the severed ends of the threads is creat'edby the air current in the air tube 145, most of the tension upon said threads during the tying operation is caused bythe spring clamping finger 155. (Figs. 30, 31 and 32). Said finger is removably held in position upon a pivotal arm 156 bymeans of two ears 157 upon said arm, ysaid. ears having pins 158v adapted to enter suitable openings in the rear end of said sprin clamping linger. The finger 155 is held 1n place upon said pins by being sprung between opposite sides cf said ears and the side ofthe air tube 145. at ik! lower end is bent to engage a cam 159 on the shaft 160 that actuates the knot-tying mechanism, said arm being held in contact with said cam by a compreion spring 161seated in an opening in the post 162.

The air tube 145 is held in adjusted posi- The forward end The resistance of iso Leva-ivo tion by means of a clamp 'complfi'gingia' clamp block 163 secured to the-postf-l y` means of guide screws 164'. (Figs.- .4 Y21).- A4 clam ing screw 165'4 extend! through Said c amp block into tgliepl'yost4 62 holds. the clamp block 163 against-the upper sideof achamfered piece 166 which chamfered lieee has two guide pins 167 entering suitab ej'openings in the upper' wall of the -air tube. .Tomove the air tube for` adjustment'the clamping screw 165 is loosened and said tube slid endwise, as by-tapping'aganst one end ofthe chamfered piece 166.

The'op'eration of the knotter is substantially the same as in my co-pending applic'ation, save that the knot is ,tightened and stripped from the t ing-bill-by a rotatory stripper-disk 168 igs. 3, 12 and 13) having a hook 169 projecting from its 'periph- 'ery,said hook being ada ted to engage said threads'fand pull them om the tying-bill.

Inthe earlier machine shown in my said coding vapplication an exhaust air tube 'w used to withdraw the united end s fromA dispensed with, the stripper fork 170 (Fig.V

3) having been found suiiicient to remove the 'thread ends. Said fork-is fixed upon-a rod'171'securedto the se arator slide 129 b', means of the 'clamp s own in Fig. 20. aid clamp comprisesa bracket 172. having al ddvetaii groove therein adapted to receive a dovetail extension 173 of said slide. The stripper-fork rod 171 is flattened at 174 to t upon a seat 175 in' the bracket `172, and Sad rod is clamped upon saidseat by means o 'a clip 176 secured to the bracket 172 by means of a screw 177. In attaching the stripper fork rod 171 to the se arator slide 129, the fork 170 is properly disposed in a precise vertical plane without attention from the operator by reason of the flattened porti'on 174 'of said rod fitting upon its seat 175.

The try-again mechanism for permitting a predetermined number -of unsuccessful trials of tbe'selectors 116 before the machine is stopped, is substantially the same as that shown and described in my prior application. In the present construction, however, thecounte'r mechanism of said try-again device is carried upon a bracket 178 (Figs. 4 and 11) which bracket is pivotally connected at 179 with the slide that carries the threadseparating devices, said bracket being held in position upon said slide by means of a coil'e'd spring 180. (Fig. 4.) A tooth 181 .extends downwardly from the bracket 178 into position to be engaged by a Icam 182 upon the. shaft 183. The cam 182 is arA` ranged to rotate in the? direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 11 for the purpose of moving the separator slide 129 rearwardly (toward the foot of the machine) to with# *ing said shaft.

drawthe thread-separating devices from the place where they are stopped `by the stum blers 130 in order `to ermit the return of the selected `thread to t e.plane of its warp.

Should the cam 182 accidentally strike u on 70 -the end of the tooth. 181, vbreakage is prevented bv reason of the pivotal mounting of 'the bracket 178, said cam merely raising the 186 has rigidly fixed thereto a fork 189 adapted to A enter an annular groove 190'- in the hub of said drive sheave. A coiled spring 191 surrounding the guide pin 188 tends to slide said guide pin yin the direction to break the clutch connection between the drive sheave 187 and the shaft184. A clutch lever 192 pivotally mounted .in the main carriage frame provides means for sliding -said guide pin against the action of the spring 191said lever having a stud 193 projecting from its side into an elongated opening4 (not shown) in the hub of the fork 189. A throw-out lever 194 (Figs. 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10) is pivotally mounted upon the 'standard 95 of the main carriage 51, the forward end of said lever lying in position to be engaged by the try-again device. The rear end ofthe guide pin 188 is in hook form to engage the throw-out lever 194. A coiled spring 195 tends to hold said throw-out lever in engagement4 with said guide pin. It will. be seen that when the throw-out lever 194 is rocked by the tryagain mechanism, it will be withdrawn from the hooked end of the guide pin 188, whereupon the spring 191 will disconnect the drive sheav'e 187A from the main drive shaft- 184, stopping the machine. An arm 196 upon the throw-out lever 194 affords means for manually operating said lever.

197 is a crank upon the forward end of themain drive shaft 184 for'manually rotatiVhen the main carriage 51 has been fed along the bed'l until the two warps have been united by the mechanism` on said carriage, stumbling due to' absence of warp threads causes the motor to be ,automat-i4 120 cally disconnected from the main drive shaft 177 in the manner just explained. For returning the main carriage 51`to its starting point at the head end of the bed 1,' I provide a winding shaft l198 (ligs.` 1 and 8) 125 extending lengthwise throughsaid bed near the lower side thereof, yand rotatably supported in suitable bearing openings inthe bed and in an arm 199 extending from, and secured" rigidly to, the head end of the bedl The arm 199 at its outer end is formed as a cylindrical housing 200 which incloses a winding drum 201 fixed upon the winding' head end thereof and carries at its outer end a guide sheave 204 for directing the winding cord 205 from its point of attachment to the main carriage 5l to the winding drum201. The .pivot pin 206 for said guide sheave projects from the side of lthe y drop to the floor.

'vided with .mental gear arm. 203 to form a fixed trip pin for opening the bottom closure 91 of the waste collector 63. Thus when the` main carriage 51 is drawn to the head end of the bed, the finger 94 strikes the trip pin 206, withdrawing the closure from the end of the collector and permitting the thread-endsthat have accumulated in said collector to The arm 203 also is proa socket 207 for receiving a sprin -pressed plunger'208 adapted to cushion t e return movement of the main carriage 51 at the head end of the bed.

Before the main carriage 51 can be drawn back to its starting position it is necessary to withdraw the feed pinions 98 and 99 from the racks 12 and 13. This is automatically accomplished by the, followingdescribed means: The rear ends of thele vers 96 and 97 are connected b means of rods 209 (Figs. 9 and 10) wit-iii eccentrics of opposite throw, said eccentrics being fixed upon the rear end of the eccentric shaft 210 rotatably supported u on the standard 21-1. On the forward en of said eccentric shaft is fixed a segmental gear 212 havin on its face a rigid crank arm 213. A coiled spring 214 extends between the crank arm 213 and an eye 215- fixed to the base of the main carriage 51. The s eg- 212 oscillates through about a half-rotation, stops 216 (Figs. 3, 9 and 10) upon its rear-face striking upon a rtion of lthe standard 211, and thus limiting the oscillatory movement of said gear. A segmental gear 217 meshing with the segmental gear. 212 is fixed upon one end of a shaft 218` rotatably supported in the standard 211. On the opposite end of said shaft is fixed a sheave 219 around. which the cord 205 is wrapped. To throf the pinions 98 and 99 into engagement with their racks 12 and 13 the crank arm 213 is moved by the operator to oscillate the cccentricshaft 210. Said pinioiis are automatically withdrawn from their racks when thc winding shaft 198 is rotated to pull the main carriage 51 back to the head endof the machine, the pullivack (mrd 205, when unwinding from the shea've 219,V oscillating' the eccentric shaftl v copending ama-ivo 210 to withdraw said pinions. The spring 214 tends to hold said pinions either in or out of meshwith their racks, as the case may be. The segmental ear 217 carries upon its face a stud 220 a apted to engage the hooked rear end of the throw-outlevei' 194, said engagement being intended to prevent the operation of the pull-back mecha.- nism when the warp tying mechanism is being operated by power. As will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 2, rotation of the segmental gear 212 is impossible until the throw-out lever 194 has been rocked to unclutch the main drive shaft 184 from the motor.

I would have it understoodv that the invention is not limited to the details herein shown and described, for various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. y

The generic features ofthe machine disclosed in this application, among which are the sensitively-controlled feed, the means 4for clamping, stretching and deflecting the warps, the means for selecting, separating, severing, holding and tying' 1the warp threads, the means for carrying away the waste thread-ends, the means for removing the united threads from the tying mechanism, and the try-again mechanism, are claimed broadly in my copending application Ser. No. 208,779filed May 19, 1904.

, The sensitively-controlled feed, the means for clamping, stretching and deflecting a warp, and the means for selecting, separating, severing and.holding warp threads, are disclosed in another embodiment shown in my application Serial No. 317,547, filed May' 18, 1906, and are claimed generically in said last mentioned application.

I-claim as my invention:

1. A textile machine comprising a pivotally mounted selector; means for reciprocat-v ing said selector;` 'a stationary cam; and a member connected with said selector` adapted to engage said cam.

2. A textile machine comprising a yoke; a selector pivotally mounted in said yoke; a spring tending tomove said selector in one direction; a member engaging one end of said spring for adjusting the tension thereof; and a clamping blade and screw for locking said memberin adjusted position.

V3. A textile machine comprising a stripper member; a bracket having a seat thereon; a rod for carrying said stripper member, said rod being flattened at one side to fit upon said seat in position to hold said stripper member in proper alinenient; and means for clamping said rod upon said seat.

4. A textile machine including a selector, means for moving said selector, a stationary member, and means,cooperating with said selector to engage said stationary member Vias contact'wit'h the stationary member to im-l art an oscillatoryl movementto said seector.

6. In a mechanism for selecting threads from a warp,selecting means, a throw-out device adapted to be held from operation by a selected thread, a slide arranged to hold the lthrow-out device from operation, and a band' lever connected to said slide for. operating the latter'.

7. In a-warp-uniting machine, a framework, a carriage supported by said framework, a` warp-uniting mechanism-on said carriage, a waste thread receptacle mounted on said carriage and operatively associated with said mechanism, said receptacle comprising a movable closure, means for traversing said carriage, and means on said framework engaging said closure to open the latter. y

8. A textile machine comprising ya fiber receiving receptacle, an air tube in commu nication with the receptacle, and means for lsecurin said air tube in place, comprising a cham ered piece adapted to rest upon said air tube; a clampin block adapted to bear upon said chamfere piece; and a clamping screw `for said 'clamping block.

9. In a textile machine, in combination, a reciprocatory selector; a separating device; and a Stumbler adapted to engage said separating device, said Stumbler being forked at its forward end, said selectcrreeiprocating between the arms of the fork.

' 10. In a warp-tying machine, in combination, means for supporting two warps, a carriage; a warp-tying mechanism mounted on said carriage, said mechanism compris`- ing a slidable thread-separatin member; a shear blade pivotally mounte 4upon said carria e; 'a coperating shear blade fixed to said slldable Vthread-separating member and a guide vmember on said last mentioned shear blade adapted to engage said pivotally mounted shear blade.

11. Ina thread clamp, in combination, a member adapted to beY moved for operating said clamp; a pivoted leverhaving a socket therein; a socketed member. attached to said movable member; and a link having cylindrical heads adapted to lie in the sockets of said lever and said socketed member.

12. In a thread clamp, in combination, a movable member adapte to operate said clamp.; a memberadjustalily connected with movable member; and an operating 1ever connected with said adjustably mounted member for moving said movable'wmember.

ector, a stationtion; a serrated block adjusta'blyxed -upon said serrated portion; and ancperating 1e- .ver comiected with saidblock for moving said movable member.

14. In a textile machine, means for operating lupon warp threads,l a' fed rack for receiving said means and having a pivoted portion, and a spring tending to hld said pivoted portion 1n line with the remainder of said feed rack.

15. In a 'textile machine, in combination, a framework, a warpl clamp on said framework, means pivotally connected. to said framework below said clamp and adapted to swing up into position adjacent said clamp, said meansbeing adapted to releasably engage an insertion bar, and means for swinging .said means to carry an. insertion bar up to said clamp and insert it therein.

16. An insertion-bar remover-mechanism comprising an oscillatory shaft 'and arms fixed o n said shaft having means adapted to comprising an oscillatory shaft; arms fixed A prising two opposing ears having pins thereon; and a spring clamping linger having openings therein adapted to receive said pins, said Yspringfinger lying between said ears and said fixed clamping member.

21. In a textile machine, a carriage; a feed rack; a feed pinion on said carriage `adapted to engage said rack; a-cord for pulling back saidcarriage; and connections between said cord and 'said feed pinion adapted to cause a Withdrawal of said feed pimon from said rack by the movement of said cord.

22. In a .textile machine, a carriage; a feed rack; a feed pinionjon said carriage;

.an operating mechanism on said-carriage;

driving means for said operating mechanism a pull-back cord; connections between said feed pinion .and said .pullback cord .adapted to cause the withdrawal of said feed pinions from said feed rack by the movement of said cord; and means for preventing the withdrawal of said feed pinion While said operating mechanism and said driving means are 'operatively connected.

23. In a textile machine, in combination, a thread-separating mechanism; a projection connected with said mechanism to yield in one direction; and a cam adapted to engage said projection to restore said threadseparating mechanism.

2,4. In a textile machine, in combination, a. thread-separating mechanism; a tooth pivotally connected with said mechanism; a spring tending to hold said tooth in operat1ve position; and a cam adapted to engage said tooth to restore said thread-separating mechanism.

25. In a textile machine, in combination, a reciprocatory thread-engaging device; a fixed thread clamping member; and a clamping member slidably carried by said reciprocatory thread-engaging device.

26. In a textile machine, in combination, an exhaust air tube; a reciprocatory fork for carrying the threads into said air tube: a thread clamping member carried by said fork, but movable with relation thereto; and a thread clamping member adapted to coact with said firstmentioned clamping member.

27. In a textile machine, in combination, an exhaust air tube; a reciprocatory fork for carrying the threads into said air tube; and a thread clamping member carried by said fork, but movable with relation thereto, for clamping said threads against the end of said exhaust air tube.

28. In a textile machine, in combination, a reciprocatory fork for advancing a thread; and a clamp for said thread comprising a clamping member mounted upon, but slidable with relation to, said fork.

29. In a textile machine, in combination, a recipiocatory member having a guide-way therein; a fork at the forward end of said member for engaging a thread: a thread clamp comprising a member slidably mounted in said guide-way; and means for frictionally holding said clamp member on said guide-way.

30. In a textile machine, in combination, a reciprocatory member forked at its forward end to engage a thread; a thread clamp comprising a clamping member slidably mounted on said reciprocatory member; an arm pivoted to said clamp member: anda spring for holding said arm against said reciprocate y member, said reciprocatory member having an inclined surface adapted to cause additional clamping pressure.

31. In a warp-uniting machine, in combinaton, Warp-supporting means; an operating mechanism; means for causing relative traverse between the warp-supporting means and the operating mechanism comprising racks andjpinions, said pinions being carried by pivoted levers; and. means for withdrawing the pinions from the racks comprising a shaft having eccentrics thereon, links connecting' said eccentrics with said levers, and means for rocking said shaft.

32. In a warp-handling machine, a machine bed; a carriage movably 'supported upon said bed; an operating mechanism mounted upon said carriage; a rack attached to said bed; a pinion supported upon said carriage for releasable engagement with said rack; means for rotating said pinion to feed said carriage toward the foot end o f 'the bed; and means located at the head end of said bed and connected with said pinion for withdrawing the pinion from the rack and moving the carriage toward the head end of the bed.

33. In a warp-uniting machine, in combination, a bed; carriage guiding means and two warp clamps on said bed; a Warp carriage having two warp clamps, said warp carriage being mounted above the bed; two feed bars, one on the bed and the other on the warp carriage; a carriage mounted on the guiding means; Warp-uniting mechanism on' the last mentioned carriage; an electric motor on the last mentioned carriage arranged to drive said mechanism; feeding devices driven by the motor and engaging said feed bars; a contact strip supported adjacent to and parallel With the path of movement of the mechanism carriage; and conducting means electrically connected to the motor for contacting said strip.

34. In a warp-uniting machine, in combination, a bed; carriage guiding means and two Warp clamps on said bed; a warp carriage having two warp clamps, said warp carriage being mounted above said bed; two feed bars arranged at the same side of the machine, one being on the bed and the other on the warp carriage; a carriage mounted on the guiding means; warp-uniting mechanism on the last mentioned carriage; an electric motor on the last mentioned carriage arranged to drive said mechanism; feeding devices on the mechanism carriage driven by the motor and engaging said feed bars; a contact strip supported adjacent to and parallel with one of the feed bars; and conducting means electrically connected to the motor for contacting said strip.

In a warp-uniting machine, in combination, a bed; carriage guiding means and two warp clamps on said bed; a warp carriage having two warp clamps, said Warp carriage being mounted above said bed; two parallel feed bars arranged at the same side of the machine, one being on the bed and Leraar/o the other on the Warp carriage; a carriage mounted on the guiding means; warp-uniting mechanism on the last mentioned carriage; an electric motor on the last mentioned carriage arranged to. drive said mechanism; feeding devices on the mechanism carriage driven by the motor and engaging said feed bars; a Contact strip supported acljacent to and extending parallel with the feed bar on the bed; and conducting means electrically connected to the motor for con: tactinv said strip.

36, n a warp-uniting machine, in, coinbination, a bed; two warp clamps at opposite sides of and above the bed; a carriage supported above said clamps, comprising two warp clamps and upwardly arched connecting members; two feed bars, one on the bed andthe other on the carriage, a Warpimiting mechanism arranged to travel alon A the bed between the clamps on the bed and. betweentlie clamps onthe carriage, said mechanism. being adapted to pass ybeneidl': said upwardlyl arched connecting members; feeding devices associated with said mechanism and engaging said feed bars for moving the mechanism along the bed; an electric motor associated ivitlirsaid mechanism to travel therewith, having a. driving connection with said mechanism and said feeding devices; a. contact strip supported adjacent to and parallel with the path of movement of the mechanism and motor; and conducting means electrically connected to the motor for cont-actin@- said`strip.

37. In a warp-uniting machine, in com'- bination, a bed; two warp clamps at opposite sides of and above the bed; a carriage supported above said clamps, comprising two warp clamps and upwardly arched connecting members; two feed bars, one on the bed and the other on the carriage, a warp uniting mechanism arranged to travel along the bed between the clamps on the bed and between the clamps on the carriage, said mechanism being adapted to passbeneath said upwardly arched connecting members; feeding devices associated with said mechanism and engaging said feed bars for moving the mechanism along the bed; an electric motor associated with said :mechanism to travel therewith, having a driving connection with said mechanism and said fee in devie; c' lector means supported adiacent to and parallel witlithe path of movement. of the nie-cln'inism and motor; and

cominctirg means electrically connected t0 Said upwardly arched connecting members;-

feeding devices associated with said mech- -anism and engaging said feed bars for moving the mechanism along the bed;- an electrie motor associated with said mechanisxn to travel therewith, having a driving connection with said mechanism and said feedying devices; two Contact strips supported adjacent to and parallel with one of the feed bars; and conducting means electrically connected to the motor for contacting said strips,

HOWARD D. COLMAN.

Witnesses:

BURT A. PETERSON, Wie.' D, HINTZE. 

